Originally posted by Daemon SinAbsolutely! This would allow those of us who occasionally access the site using mobile devices to have better performance.
Might be better to introduce an option that lets you choose how avatars are displayed. Something along the lines of:
Disabled | Small (50 x 50px) | Large (100 x 100px)
I'd rather not spend that much more time waiting for a page to load because of huge avatars.